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GAR FENDER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

THOMAS H. CAMPBELL, OF BEAVR, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 592,950, dated November 2, 1897. Application filed February 13, 1897. Serial No. 623,288. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaver, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders, of which the following is a specification, refer# ence being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a car provided with my improved fender. Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view showing the fender in its closedposition. Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation of the mechanism for throwing the driving mechanism into operation. Fig. 5 is a detail`plan view thereof. Fig. 6 is an end elevation. Fig. 7 is a cross-sec- Fig. 8 is a detail side elevation of a portion thereof.

This invention relates to a new and improved car-fender; and it has for its objects to provide a fender of simple construction which will eifectually prevent any object passing under it when it is in position for use and i which will tend to pick up any object lying in front of it as it advances. Another of its objects is to provide means wherebythe fender may be raised to any suitable height from the road-bed and held there while in operation.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

Referring to the various parts by numerals, 1 designates a transverse rock-shaft which is j ournaled in suitable bearings 2 2, secured to the under side of the car-platform near its forward end. Mounted loosely upon this shaft near each of its ends is an l' -shaped bracket 3, the rear arm of which is yieldingly supported by means of springs 4, which are mounted upon the car-platform. The front ends of the forwardly and downwardly extending arm of these brackets are formed with horizontal slots 5, and mounted to slide back and forth in these slots is a transverse shaft 6. Upon this shaft near each of the brackets 3 is mounted a forwardly-extending side bar 7 of the fender-frame. These side bars are connected by suitable stay-rods, and in their front ends is mounted a transverse shaft 8, upon which the rotary buffer or saver 9 is rigidly mounted. A small sprocket-wheel 10 is mounted upon the projecting end of the shaft 8, and upon the corresponding end of the shaft 6 is secured a sprocket 11, a chain 12 connecting the two sprockets, as shown.

A short shaft 13 is mounted in sliding bearings 14, which are supported on thecar-body just in the rear of the front axle. Upon this shaft is mounted a sprocket-Wheel 15, which is adapted to mesh with a gear-wheel 16,

mounted on the car-axle directly in front ofl it. This shaft 13 is normally pressed rearwardly and the wheels 15 and 16 held out of engagement by springs 17, as shown. Upon the shaft 6 is mounted a wheel 18, and connecting this wheel with sprocket-wheel 15 is aichain 19.

To cause gears 15 and 16 to engage in order to rotate the buffer or saver, the shaft 6 must be -moved forward in the slots 5. This tightens chain 19 and draws shaft 13 forward and compresses springs 17. When it is desired to stop the rotation of the buffer, shaft 6 must be moved rearwardly in said slots, and the springs 17 will disconnect gears 15 and 16. To move the shaft 6 back and forth in slots 5, two levers 20 and 21 are pivoted upon the upper surface of the car-platform. These levers are arranged side by side, with a short space between them, and are curved and notched on their upper edges, and adapted to engage these notches are two pawls 22. Connected to the inner ends of these pawls, between the levers and by a rod 22a, is arod 23, which is pivoted at 24, its rear end extending to the rear ends of the levers 21 and 20. Under the rear ends of each of these levers 21 and 2O is arranged the outer end of ashort lever 25, whose inner end extends under the long rod 23. It will thus be seen that a slight pressure upon the rear ends of levers 2O or 21 will raise pawls 22 suflicient to permit the levers to have a greater movement. The pawls 22 have sufficient play in the notches to permit this. Depending from the levers IOO 2l and 20 are rigid arms 2l and 201% Connected to the lower end of arm 20 is a link 26, whose other end is connected to the shaft 6. Connected to the lower end of arm 21n is a link 27, whose other end is connected to the upper end of a vibrating lever 28, and connected to the lower end of this lever is a link 29, whose forward end is connected to the shaft 6. It will be readilyseen that by pressing down lever 2O shaft G will be forced forward in slots 5, and by pressing down lever 2l the said shaft will be drawn rearward.

In order to fold the fender up against the dashboard of the car when it is not in use, the rear ends of the side bars 7 are extended upwardly and the upper ends of the extensions are connected by a bar 30, which at its center is bent forwardly to avoid contacting with the chain, as shown in Fig. 3. Loosely connected to this bar, near each end thereof, is a rearwardly-extending link 3l. The rear ends of these links are pivoted to the lower forward ends of two upwardly and rearwardly extending rocking levers 32, which are mounted upon a cross-rod 33, connecting the rear arms of the l' -shaped brackets 3.

To the upper ends of the rocking levers are connected links 34, Whose forward ends are connected to the lower ends of arms 35, which are rigidly secured to rock-shaft I.

Rigidly secured upon the center of the shaft l is the upwardly-extending operating-lever 36, which carries a spring-pawl 37, which is adapted to engage a notched segment 38 and maintain the fender-frame in any of its positions. The upper end of this lever is made `removable, a socket being formed in the lower part to receive a projection on the upper removable part. The spring-bolt-operating wire is formed with an eye at its lower end which is adapted to removably engage the upper end of the bolt in order that it maybe removed with the detachable portion of the lever.

To raise pawl 37 from the segment 38 to permit the fender to be moved in slots 5, a curved pawl 39 is pivoted on the segment just under the projecting nose l0 of the pawl 37. Engaging the under side of this pawl is the upper end of a lever 4l, whose other end is connected by means of a bar 42 with the forward end of the rod 23. It will be seen that when the front end of rod 23 is depressed the pawl 37 will be raised from the segment 3S. A suitable stop or small wheel 4l is secured to the front end of the fender-frame to prevent the buifer contacting with the ground when the fender-frame is thrown to its operative position.

A suitable netting is secured across the fender-frame, and, if desired, a net 50 (indicated in dotted lines in Fig. I) may be secured between the fender-frame and the car-body.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a car-fender the combination of a support, a fender-frame carried thereby, a rotating buffer at the forward end of said frame, means for rotating said buffer, means for moving the fender-frame with respect to its support, and means whereby this movement will connect or disconnect the buffer rotating mechanism, substantially as described.

2.-In a car-fender the combination of a pair of supporting-brackets, a fender-frame carried thereby, a rotating buer at the forward end of said frame, means for rotating said buffer, means for moving the rear end of said frame horizontally backward and forward, and means whereby this movement will disconnect or connect the buffer-rotating mechanism, substantially as described.

3. In a car-fender the combination of a pair of supporting-brackets, a fender-frame carried thereby, a rotating buffer at its forward end, means for folding. the fender frame against the ear, means for securing it at any desired point in its travel, and means for rotating the buffer, substantially as described.

4. In a car-fender the combination of a pair of supports, a shaft journaled in the lower ends thereof, a fender-frame loosely mounted thereon at its rear end, a rotating buffer mounted in the forward end of said frame, means for rotating the shaft, means connected to Said shaft for rotating the buffer toward the car, a rock-shaft, levers connected to said shaft and operated thereby to fold the fender-frame against the ear, and means for operating the rock-shaft, substantially as described.

5. In a car-fender the combination of a pair of supports, a fender-frame mounted in the lower ends thereof, a rock-shaft, an arm thereon, a link connected thereto, a rocking lever suitably supported, said link being connected to the upper end thereof, a link connected to the lower end of this rocking lever, said link being connected to the rear end of the fenderframe, a rotating buffer, and means for operating it, substantially as described.

G. In a car-fender the combination of a pair of supports, a fender-frame mounted thereon and capable of a slight longitudinal movement, a rotatable buffer carried at the forward end of the frame, a rock-shaft, an arm thereon, a link connected thereto, a rocking leverconnected to said link, a link connecting said rocking lever to the rear end of the fender, a lever for rocking the rock-shaft, a spring-pawl carried thereby, a notched segment adapted to be engaged by said pawl, a pair of levers mounted on the car-platform and connected by suitable levers to the fender-frame, andv adapted to move said frame backward or forward, and means connected to said pair of levers for releasing the pawl of the operating-lever from the notched segment, substantially as described.

7. In a car-fender the combination of a support, a fender-frame pivoted thereon, means IIO for folding the frame up against the car, lockmeans automatically disconnecting` the 4locking mechanism for securing it at any desired ing mechanism, substantially as described. 1o point in its pivotal movement, a buffer at the In testimony whereof I affix my signature forward end of the frame, means for rotating in presence of two witnesses.

thebuffer,meansformovingthefender-frame THOMAS H. CAMPBELL. bodily with respect to its support, means Witnesses:

whereby this movement will connect or dis- WM. R. DAVIS,

connect the buffer-rotating mechanism, said G. H. WALMSLEY. 

